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can be more sweet than the bleating of a 

 Jamb bounding and sporting in a field or 

 meadow ? What, on the contrary, can be 

 more terrific than the howl ings of the 

 hyaena, when prowling under the cover of 

 night in quest of her prey ? 



These, my children, are some of the 

 principal relations of necessity and utility. 

 Let us now proceed to the still more de- 

 lightful exercise of considering those of 

 pleasure or satisfaction. 



Behold those verdant groves to the left 

 which so forcibly strike the eye by the 

 splendor of their foliage: but nature has 

 bestowed on them an additional charm ; for 

 what can convey a more agreeable sensation 

 to the mind, than the low murmuring of 

 the leaves, when agitated by a gentle bn 

 Those who have never beheld nature with 

 an attentive eye, and who have traversed 

 forests with apathy and indifference, cannot 

 imagine that the murmuring noise of dif- 

 ferent trees is wholly distinct dnd dissimilar ; 



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